Senators and presidents have climbed so high with pain enough, not because they think the place specially agreeable, but as an apology for real worth, and to vindicate their manhood in our eyes. This conspicuous chair is their compensation to themselves for being of a poor, cold, hard nature.

A man in pursuit of greatness feels no little wants.

As the Sandwich Islander believes that the strength and valor of the enemy he kills passes into himself, so we gain the strength of the temptation we resist.

We are by nature observers, and thereby learners. That is our permanent state.

The attraction and superiority of California are in its days. It has better days & more of them, than any other country.

Great hearts steadily send forth the secret forces that incessantly draw great events.

The great man, that is, the man most imbued with the spirit of the time, is the impressionable man.